Razor.



bio-315,355. PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906.

" G. W. KORN.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1905.

. UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFrIoE.

' GEORGE-W. KORN, OF LITTLE VALLEY, NEW YORK. I

RAZOR. V i i $p eciflcation of Letters'Patent.

Patented March 20,1906.

. \ix Anulioatidn iiled May 19, 1905. Serial No. 261.176.

To all whom it may con/cervix, it Be it known that I, GEORGE W. KoRN, 'a

Little Valley, county of Cattaraugus, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to razors, and has for its object to improve the construction thereof, as will appear from the following detailed description. i The features of novelty will in the appended claims.

' Reference is to be had to the accompanyin drawings, in which-' igure'l is a plan view of a razor constructed according to my invention.- Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, and'Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic side view, of the razor as it appears inuse. i

A represents the blade of the razor, which, as Shown in Fig. 1, is provided with a reduced portion or shank B. The said shank B fits into a recess 0 of the butt 0, which may be made of any suitable material, as bone, ivory, or hard rubber. The butt C is secured to the shank B in-any well-known manner as, for instance, with rivets.' If desired, the blade A and the butt C may be made of metal in one piece. The butt 0 is curved in the usual manner to afiord a resting-place or grip for be pointed out the fin er. The blade A, with the butt C, is

ivoter as at D, between two handle mem- .ers E and E which at their other ends are secured to adistance-piece F. Washers D" Ezre providedon each side of the blade be tween the butt. and each handle member. The washers D serve'to spread the.handle members so that said handle members E and E converge toward the distance-piece F instead of being substantially parallel, as is.

' usually the case.- The purpose of this con-.

struct on will be more clearly brought out hereinafter. Each hand-1e member E and E has its upper and lower, edges cut. out or notched, as at E and E to form a restingplace or grip for the fingers. I It willbe noticed that in my improved ra-' Izor the upper portion or back of the blade at the butt is quite broad and that there is quitev a distance between the two cut-out portions each handle member. With this construc tionI .thus obtain a broad base for-engage ment with the fingers and, as shown in Fig. 3,

g E as also between the cut-out portions E of: citizen of the United States, and a residentof fa lock for the little finger, which is held between the opposite curves of the cut-out portion E and of the butt 0. The razor is thus more comfortable to hold than ordinary ra v zors, which are comparatively narrow when viewed in ,lan, and with my construction I also have t e razor under better control, and thedanger of the blade slipping .is done away with. I I

Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature of my invention.

I claim and desire to secure Patent- 1. A razor comprising converging handle members provided with oppositely-curved finger-rests and a-blade pivotedbetween said handle members at the point where they are widest apart;

2. A razor com rising converging handle members provide with oppositely-curved by Letters finger-rests, and a blade pivoted between.

said. handle members, the back of said blade being of the same width throughout its entire length. 3.- A razor comprising a blade the back of which is .of the same width throughout its length, converging handle members between which said blade. is pivoted, washers for maintaining said handle members out I of contact with the butt of said blade, said ban-- dle members being provided withop'positel-ycurved finger-rests.

4. A razor comprising a blade and converging handle members. to which said blade is ivoted, said handle members being pro.-

vi ed, in the neighborhood of the pivot, with gnotches adapted to form finger-rests.

5. A razor comprising a blade and converging handle members to which said blade is ivoted, said handle members being provi ed initheir upper and lower faces, adjacent to the pivot, with oppositely-curved notches adapted to form finger-rests.

A razor comprising a blad having 8. 16c

butt or tang with a concave finger-rest, and converging handle members to which said blade is pivoted,said handle members being provided on their lower faces, adjacent to the 5 pivot, with concave notches arranged to face the finger-restof the blade when the blade is open.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. KORN. Witnesses:

P. L. RICE, R. H. PRATT 

